Friday, September 8, 2006

Gado-gado according to wikipedia is:A traditional dish in Indonesian cuisine, and comprises a vegetable salad served with a peanut sauce dressing.

Ingredients:The exact composition of the vegetable salad varies, but usually comprises some mixture of shredded or chopped green vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower, green beans, watercress, and bean sprouts;- other sliced vegetables such as carrots and cucumber;- peas- sliced boiled potatoes; and- peeled and sliced boiled eggs.With the exceptions of the eggs and the potatoes, the salad may be served raw, although optionally one may blanch some of the vegetables such as the cabbage and the cauliflower. Some cooks prefer to steam the vegetables.

Peanut sauce dressing :The thing that distinguishes gado-gado from a plain vegetable salad is the peanut sauce dressing, which is poured on top of the vegetable salad before serving. The composition of this peanut sauce varies, as well. Some say to just use a commercial Indonesian peanut sauce or satay sauce. Others say to make the sauce oneself. For making the sauce, the common primary ingredients are:- ground fried peanuts with most of the oil drained off (for which some substitute peanut butter and peanut oil)- garlic- brown sugar- tamarind juice

Today, I had gado-gado for lunch.... What's the main reason? It's for the sake of taking pictures, hehehe..